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HILLSBORO AND CHAREL HILL, N. C., THURSDAY, DECEMBER S, TS57 ■*--.. ; r ” i 0 BREWER’S fa/e/f4 “fbundup 3NG ... We note is having no luck bffe- to trade one ‘I Like Ike” but didn't do much offer to give the f million dollars for lies We made our |e si-rmer after the said sc nettling to he is net. a rich thing we, got was Kerr S 'ott as we throw money >*ly_we suspect he re nr ‘ many Ike se pTts w'leri he • mile.a dollar for him eivHg- week, he hrd i ol'-T. ! et’s face it: those :ons don’t last long, j lr ‘tops 're awful-1 vta dooht there are ! final pinners"left either, our senator has c&n nlan and is now j of ‘rbacco (it used i Mule, b • nmv we | s Day’s Workt for will send him one of and a statement ir less on why they ke left them. Don’t he rush! kns . . . The very all ied Sen. J Spencer ntte appointed 'o the I when the elected re (of municipal, county, hurts lower than Su of aonsfer with a body ns, no head and no fm . . . a dog with no the tail ivag . . si vs Senator Bell the N. C. Bar As ammittec studying our system, produce a (infusion.” that is not all they bed. From them have (lors, Superior Court bral Court judges, rep in Raleigh and Wash some of our ablest orneys. fe also produced at |y. spe^l, and general sometimes not rtain other courts, g WORK . . . Biblical jlditor L: L. Carpenter his desk after jsuffer to his right hand dur bent Baptist State Cup ry required surgery. |nST . . Slate officials Ing much about it, but |a little fearful of the has begun to descend |tate as the result of the insurance program Bily moving toward high law, regarded as ex ps passed last spring, other states, Massach New York, have such 1 In those states it is I a political football, we ps is likely to be 'much hh the auto inspection I stridently enforced ten Why will it be a mess? pasons: ignorance of the of funds to buy the in Nnd the resulting inability enses for cars. that H may be a good j inspection law was a I—will not make it any jmeSs or a hardship when I descends like a cloud on Inuary. I car-owner in the State affected. The best thing ay U this: rr you are, wherever you 1 'n North Carolina, better Itting ready for it right fw’ See your insurance or area patrolman, your °r your pastor! It’s rough. • , . Sp.m Ragan tells farmer who had such a Mfe that he' couldn’t keep Ps away from her.. So he of the hands, ought a tractor. % ROUNDUP, Page 2 7 .Arthur Makin, left, and Sidney Green with "Book of Goldon Deeds" ♦--— >— v*reen s Work For Community Cited In Rites S;dncy Green’s long and varied service to the commuirRy was cit ed in the Hillsboro Exchange Club's presentation of "The BVok of Golden Deeds” Sunday in an impressive ceremony at the Hills boro Presbyterian Church. Members of the local civic club, their wives and out-of-town visitors swelled the congregation to fill the sanctuary and balcony for the recognjjjpg (hie of tfce community’s most active and dis tinguished citizens. The ceremony took place during the regular morning church service. Arthur Makin, plant manager of the Tabardry plant, Haw River, a long time friend and fellow Eng lishman, presented the book -and framed copy of the citation to Mr Green. Marion E. Allison explain ed the background, purposes and significance of “The Book of Gold* en Deeds” and introduced Mr Makin. Thee book will remain a permanent part of the locc! li brary. itself a project long dear to the heart of Mr. Green, who for man.v years served as the chair man of its Board, rendering valc "aoTe Service 3uiria| its formative years. " Mr. Green was born January 2, 1894 in Lancashire. England, where he later went to school and won prizes for his achievements in English and Math courses. He came to America at abeut the age of 17, settling in Newmarket. New j Hampshire, where he remained I for 12 yeSrs as a textile firm em | ploye while continuing his edu ! cation through night school and i correspondence courses. There he was Active in the church, the Boy ! Scents, the Masonic Order, the | Grange, in which he served as ! Master, local sports, sang in the church choir and played the trum pet with a band and orchestra. « Mr. Green and the former Vera ; Wentworth were married in March, i 1918, and he enlisted, the same | month to serve this country dur ing World War I as a member of f the *302nd Field Artillery Band in the St. Mihiel Sector in France. After the war he continued his work in the textile field and his civic and church actvities in New Hampshre and Massachusptts un till he came south to Greensboro, N. C. and in 1933 to the Eno Cot ton Mill al Hillsboro. He is now manager of Eno Plant of Cone Mills Corporation," the largest in dustrial plant in Hillsboro, Despite his heavy occupational responsibilities, he has been inde fatigable in his service to the com munity. as a ruling elder of the Presbyterian Church, superinten dent of its Sunday School, mem ber and fo,rmer director of its choir, long-time member and .vice chair ."man of the District1 School Com mittee. committeeman “for .the Boy Scouts, the Red Cross and annual ly active participant in fund cam paigns^ for these -and other com munity service organizations, li See GREEN, Page 4 Extension Director Jo Speak Blue Ribbon Program Finale Next Thursday Director D. S. Weaver of the State Agricultural Extension Service will address the County Blue Ribbon rreeting to be held at the court house in Hillsboro next Thursday night. December 12, at 7:30 o’clock. Certificates of award will be pre sented to 122 rural families who have carried out 18 or more of the* 23 possible! point* In the Blue Rib bon Farm and Home Program this year “ ‘. . .1 Making these presentations will be Watts Hill, Jr. for the Durham Bank and Trust Company and W. E. Thompson for the Bank of Chapel Hill:-financial sponsors of the coun ty program. This meeting is a culmination of a farm and home* program conduct ed in eight-Orange County commun ities during the year. In the Ay coek Community it was sponsored by the Farm Bureau. The Grange was the sponsoring ageney in each of the following other communities, Schley, New Hope. Caldwell. Buok born. White Calvander, and St. Mary's..' _ ‘Quarterly meetings vyere each of rttese comfnunities^ftjHt1 si rae outstanding speaker on sub-' jects of interest and value to' mem bers of the community-. Individual family score cards were submitted by 600 mailies, 122 of whom qualifi ed for the Blue Ribbon Award by completing 18 of the 25 desirable goals. Besides honoring these fami lies, recognition will be given the community having the largest num ber of Blue Ribbon farftilies. Commissioners Set - Meeting For Monday Election of a chairman for thcj next year, appointment of tax listers and other routine matter-: are on the agenda for the month ly meeting of the Board of Coun ty Commissioners at the court house Monday morning at 10 o' clock. The regular meeting cf the board was postponed from last Monday morning because of the , funeral at that time for the son of County Accountant S- M. Gattis, who serves as the board’s execu tive officer. I No change in the chairmanship | new held by R. J. M. Hobbs, the : oldest member of the board both i in age and length of service, is, j anticipated. Reorganization of the . board takes place anntialy at the | December meeting, as does the ap pointment' of tax listers and ap proval of other plans for the Jan uary tax listing. Meeting Set On Aromatic Weed Growth Farmers interested in Aromatic j tobacco are invited to attend a meeting at Aycoek Agriculture j Building Monday night, December 9th, at 7:30 o’clock. Roy Crouse, Aromatic Tobacco Specialist for State College, will be present to give details and answer questions on this type of tobacco. The annual flue cured tobacco meeting at which tobacco growers will be brought up to date on the | Experiment Station's findings on varieties, etc., will be held atj the Aycoek School house on Wednesday night, December 18th, at 7:30 I o’clock. . High Cagers Open Season Friday Night By PAT CLAYTON “Hillsboro boys and girls Cagers open their season this Friday night against Ayeock High. The prospects for the boys are brighter than they have been in the last few years and the girls should have a" good team too. The boys have returning the fol lowing lette*men from last year: Joe Crawford. Harvey Reinhardt. Eugene Kennedy. Monroe Knight, J. W. Dickey, and Ray Barnes. Other boys who will see plenty of action are: Jim Ray, Lindsey Efland, Richard Ulackwelder, Harry Lloyd, Ralph Queen, Sam Ray and Marvin l eer Two i transfers, Steve Whitt and Jimmy Roberts, will also be ol great help when called upon. ':'dem>tes home games Dec. 6 Aycock * Dec. 10 Aycock Dec. 13 Chapel Hill * Dec. 17 Roxboro * Jan. 7 Oxford * Jan. 10 Graham Jan. 14 Southern * Jan. 17 Cary Jan. 21 Oxford Orph. * Jan. 24 Northern Jan. 28 Chapel Hill Jan. 31 Roxboro ^ , , Feb. 4 Fuquay Feb, • 7, Graham * « Feb. 11^ Southern Feb. 14* Garner* Feb. 18 Henderson Feb. 21 Northern * . <r . ' *-—■ ! Merchants Set Holiday Plans; Turn On Lights The closing dates for the coining holidays were set by the Hills boro Merchants Association at a luncheon meeting ait the Hills boro Lunch. In observance of Christmas they will close Wednesday, Dec. 25 and Thursday, Dec. 26. Merchants will close Jan. lj New Year’s Day. It was voted ' to purchase an electric mimeograph machine from the County and sell the one operat ed by hand now in use. There will not be an official Christmas Opening by Ihe Associ -a lion this year. The new Christ mas lights were turned on as soon as installation was completed Tuesday. , CC D. Jones, chairman of Trade and Promotion committee, re ported up to last Thursday $499.00 had been received for the Christ mas lights leaving a' balance cf around $250. Person 'desiring to hdlp towards the payment of the lights are asked to get in touch ! with Mr. Jones or Mrs. Edna Daw > kins, secretary of the Association, t The only decoration contest to be beld this year is for all b’<s ^'nesS concerns in Hillsboro, West Hillsboro and Fairview. Ttae>e will be no entry f°e. AH -tores offices and organizations are urge-* to decorate. Windows will be nidged Dec. 12 and it-is asked that all windows be com pleted by Wednesday, Dec. 11. There will be three categories: scenic, commercial and religious with a first prize in each and honorable mention. Contestants are asked to place cards in the window to designate the category they wish to be judged in. Christmas Ideas House Is Planned rsdi.1 UMrfnbnh. I)r leember tt, the meeting of the Hills l boro Garden Club will be held in the form of a Christmas Ideas House. The setting will be the home of i Mrs Robert Murphy Jr. on E. King | Street. The ideas will be furnished by | members of the Garden Club and assignments have been given for each of the 'roams downstairs in cluding the porch and basement re creation room. All interested people are cordial ly invited fromr4 until 5:30 o'clock. : Refreshments will be served. I Members will meet for a brief , business session from 3 30 to 4 o clock. Those who have not re ceived a definite assignment are asked to bring any Christmas idea they may have, such as decorative wrapped gifts, etc. for which a table will be plated. Officers of the Club will assist in receiving. The president. Mrs. Fred Blake, will preside over the table in the dining room. Greeting guests at the front door will be Mrs. Fred Cates, Sr., vice-president, and Mrs. J- W. Richmond, treasurer. Mrs. I kred Cates Jr., secretary, will re ! ce'Ve quests in the Big Den, and Mrs. Charles Maddry will receive in the Red Room. Mrs. Paul Carr, immediate past-president, will pour coffee from the refreshment table in the basement recreation room. The Hospitality Committee is in charge of the "Ideas House.” Mrs. H H. Brown is chairman and oth ers serving with her are Mrs. Rob ert Forrest, Mrs. D. E. Hollands worth and Mrs. Charles Crawford. Gattis Child Rifes Held Samuel Mallette Gattis V, two year old son of County Accountant Samuel M. Gattis IV and Mrs. Gat tis of Hillsboro, died in Watts Hos pital in Durham Saturday night I after a short illness. Besides his parents, he is surviv ed by one sister. Susan Owen Gat tis; maternal grandfather, Owen S. ^Robertsoa;;- :and. paternal grandmo ther, Mrs. Samuel Gattis III; and one aunt. Miss Jean Gattis, all of Hillsboro. Funeral services were conducted Monday morning at 11 o’clock from the St. Matthews Episcopal Church by the Rev. Lawton W. Pettit. Bur ial was in the church cemetery. Thin Floors Carrboro Sc — "General Catch-All" Charges — Reverie Capital Goal In Sight; NLRB Says Complaint To Be Filed Officials of the county develop ment committee seeking to raise $25,000 in local capital pledges to help finance a building to house Reverie Lingerie’s manufacturing operations said yesterday they wer* "in sight of the goal.” The campaign has been a suc cess and scores of local citizens have pledged funds es a loan to get the firm back into produc tion to provide work for local citi zens and an expanding payroll for the community. Meanwhile, in Winston-Salem yesterday an official of the Na tional Labor Relations Board Re gional office said a complaint charging violation of the Fair La bor Practices laws would be is sued against the Reverie firm, should it go back into production. and a hearing date will be set. Filing of a complaint would be the first” formal NLRB action In the case, according lo Mr. Wal burg. the examiner handling the matter, in a telephone conversa tion with The News yesterday. Later a hearing will be held be fore an examiner from Washing ton. t Tke News queried the NLRB after members of the gronp form erly on strike here began to pass out information throughout the community that a ruling adverse to the management had been is sued. gg Wallmrg said the burden of proof that a violation has occufed will he on the NLRB examiner in this case. He said no complaint See REVERIE. Page 4 MISS KNOX JONES MISS CAROLYN WILSON Misses Jones, Wilson Chosen Good Citizens Miss Knox Jones of Hillsboro High School anti Mtoa^Carolyn Wil- j son of Aycock High School have been selected as “Good Citrus”. Th their respective senior classes to compete in the state DAR's Good Citizen Contest. ’ These Orange County girls will enter the stale contest under the sponsorship of the Davie Poplar Chapter. Chapel Hill, of the N C Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution of which Mrs. R M. Hester is Regent and Mrs. R. W. Isley of Cedaf’ Grovev chair man of the Good Citizen Committee. This year questionaires will bp filled aout by tho’96 participating in the contest. Three girls are selected by the sludent body of each school and the faculty picks the contestant from the three in each school. This Saturday the two contestants along with Mrs. Lester and Mrs. Isley have been invited to attend the State meeting to be held in Raleigh. They along with other con testants will be guests of honor at j a luncheon, visit the museum and visit the Governor's mansion. Dis trict and State winners will be selected. Knox and Carolyn will be honor guests Dec. 19 at the meeting of the Davie Poplar Chapter, in Chap el Hill and will at this time be presented with a DAR emblem of good citizenship and a certificate of award from the national society Miss Jones is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Jones of Hills boro. Knox is quite active in school. She is president of the Beta Club ot which she has been a member for three years, treasurer of the senior class (was treasurer of her junior class also), this year she is editor of the school newspaper staff and served as assistant editor last-year;!. She has played basket ball for three years; was a, school marshal last Spring; superlative this year; was on the annual staff serving as assistant editor last year and is editor this year. In addition to being a member of fjie Buta Club she has been a member of the Latin Club for two years; French Club for two years and is serving now as chairman; has been a member of the Science (’lvb for fpur years. ia..hw first and "second, years she served as reporter for the club and was vice president in her sophomore year and last year president. She is a member of the Hillsboro Presbyterian Church ancj is presi dent of the Senior High Fellowship. a!to in the church choir and served as junior counselor and counselor at Camp New Hope*. In the community, she was in the bicentennial pageant, ‘The Road to Orange." and writes “Hillsboro Hi Notes for this newspaper. Miss Wilson is the daughter of j Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilsbn of Hurdle Mills. Carolyn has been awarded sehol See GOOD CITIZEN P.age 8 Charges by a Carrboro school' patron that floors in the new Carr-^1 boro school ara being poised too. thin were aired by the County . Board of Education at its meeting in Hillsboro Monday. :l|| Complaints by Dutch McAdams brought to the attention of the board by Carl Ellington. Chair man of the Carrboro District Com mittee, against Dickerson, Inc., General Contractors on the Carr boro School building project, were brought to the attention of the board. Most serious of the complaints alleged that “the floors have b?en poured very thin in many places. In some places they are not more than two inches thick and the 'floors where terraz 7,0 is to be poured are very thin. There are some pipes not covered more than one-half inch.” Clyde Dorsett , representing J. Hyatt Hammond Associates, Inc., Architects, presented answers to each- of the complaints separately. He presented evidence in the form of photostatic copies of bills to show that the cubic volume of con crete mix delivered by Construct ors Supply Company, Inc., was suf ficient to pour the fk>or thick and agreed to arrange for test bor ings throughout the building if requested by the board. The board approved leaving'the supervision of the building to the architect and requested that the architect certify to the board that he building meets specifications in rrspect to all matters alleged to be improper in the complaiW. **' Two bids an the Carrboro* water line were prOvidhc!' by tect. The bids were for approxi mately 300 lineal feet of 4" cast iron pipe class No. 150 with neces sary valves and fittings and a 2” meter to be furnished and install ed. Boyd & Goforth, Inc., Charlotte $2.230.,^ Wham & Hunt Const. Co., Asheboro $1,800. Upon motion by C. D. Jones, seconded by J. E. Hawkins, and passed, the board instructed the secretary to advise the Town Board of Carrboro that if would ‘ pay SI.890 if the Carrboro board would construct' a 4" line or larg er to the school and install a 2” meter thereon. CAKE SALE The Hillsboro Exchange Club will again canvass the community in their annual Fruit Cake Sple next „ Monday and Tuesday. December 9 10 and urgently request that per sons who may be missed in the soli, citation contact some member of the club for delivery of one of the 'delicious cakes. The price, 3 lbs, $3.25, 5 lbs, $5.50. Profits go to the Exchange club park fund and other club projects for community vice. ser Principal's Home Proposition Headed For County Action I J ne committee named to draft plans for proposed construction of a principal s home at Aycock 1 School will take their request di rectly to the Board of County Com missioners at its meeting next Monday morning at 10 o’clock. this action was approved by the ; B°ard o( Education, at its meet ! this p:st Monday following I presentation of the plans by the committee composed of Melvin | W. Wright, L. J. Rogers and Wil fred Phelps. Along with their plans the com mittee will carry a letter of trans mittal frem the Board of Educa tion to this effect: ‘The Orange County Board of Education does not now have funds for this pro ject. If, the Board of Commission^ ers has funds presently available, the Board cf Education would fa vor this project jnow. If no funds are now available, the Boafd of Education favors including this item in its next budget.” The plan presented by the Ay.r cock committee calls for construct ing > £ 1200 square foot residence tor the basic house, and additional $1,000 if a basement is approved, and another $1,500 to $2,000 if a carport is added. In other actions, Education: Approved temporary drawings of the Architect for the following projects: Efland-fheeks additions, Efland classrooms, and Cedar Grove, lunchroom. Approved dismissal of schools at noon on Friday, December 20, the Board of lor the Christmas holidays. Voted tp take title for a ve hicle, <truc| or car) to be pur i chased and maintained by Central School from the Surplus Proper ties Division of the N. C. Division of Purchase’and Contract, and to Central to purchase gas and ' oil through the county »a long ad ve hicle is used only for school busi ness. Voted to "buy a new Ford w state contract for the uae of the superintendent and sell m* presently in us* ,